Announcements Ticker
Easily create an announcements news ticker on your website. Put up new announcements just like how you would put up a blog post. Use the [announcements] shortcode to display all your announcements in a page or post. Customize the look of your ticker from the WordPress administration screens. An opti
Easily create an announcements news ticker on your website. Put up new announcements just like how you would put up a blog post. Use the [announcements] shortcode to display all your announcements in a page or post.
Customize the look of your ticker from the WordPress administration screens. An options page allows you to change the colours and size.
Screenshots & previews.
- 01Upload the announcements-ticker folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- 02Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- 03Create announcements like how you would create a blog post. Set the post date to the future time when the announcement expires.
- 04Add the shortcode [announcements] in the post or page content where you want the announcements to show.
Frequently asked questions.
I created a new announcement but it’s not showing up in the ticker. Why??
Make sure you set the post date to a time in the future. WordPress should report it as a scheduled post. The ticker is designed to pick up future posts so that they expire and disappear automatically.
The options page is broken!
The dynamic preview and color pickers don’t seem to work in Internet Explorer. However, you can change the settings using the sliders and textboxes. Save the changes and they should show up on the front end.
For best results, use Google Chrome. Or if you know how to improve IE compatibility, let me know.
